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Temporal vs origin
Temporal has 23,133 GitHub stars, 1,905 forks, 956 open issues and last shipped yesterday. origin has 8,685 stars, 4,804 forks, 319 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Temporal leads on adoption by 166% (23,133 vs 8,685 stars). Temporal is written in Go under MIT; origin is written in Go under Apache-2.0. Temporal has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, origin 55%. Temporal was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Temporal | origin | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 23K | ★ 8.7K |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Go | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.9K | ⑂ 4.8K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Temporal if
- You weight community size — 23K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick origin if
- You want the origin feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and origin fits your workflow better
About Temporal
Temporal is a durable execution platform for building resilient applications with workflows. It lives in the infrastructure and operations ecosystem, specifically within orchestration and scheduling. The server executes units of application logic called Workflows and automatically handles intermittent failures by retrying failed operations. Temporal originated as a fork of Uber's Cadence and is developed by Temporal Technologies, a startup formed by the creators of Cadence.
read the full Temporal overview →
About origin
Origin is the conformance test suite for OpenShift, an Apache 2.0 Go repository that maintains the openshift tests binary and the test exclusion rules used to decide which tests run against which cluster configuration, aimed at OpenShift release engineers, platform engineers, and CI maintainers who validate that a cluster is conformant.
read the full origin overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Temporal or origin more popular?
Temporal has 23,133 GitHub stars and origin has 8,685. Temporal has the larger community by that measure.
Are Temporal and origin free?
Both are open source. Temporal is licensed under MIT and origin under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Temporal and origin?
Temporal is written in Go and origin in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Temporal or origin?
Choose Temporal if you want the larger community (23,133 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose origin if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.